The Opening Ceremony of BlizzCon 2026 is over. MeinMMO has summarized the most important announcements, reveals, and trailers for you.
Through the table of contents, you can jump directly to the topics and trailers that interest you:
Warcraft
Warcraft Forever
- The highly anticipated “Classic+” is called Warcraft Forever and will be released on November 4, 2026. The beta will start this coming Thursday.
- In Warcraft Forever, the maximum level remains at 60. The game focuses on the community, which is why aspects like progression, story, and upgrades will be based on community suggestions.
World of Warcraft
- For the retail expansion “Midnight”, the major content patch “Eclipse” was announced, in which the villainess Xal’atath nearly achieves her goals.
- With the expansion “The Last Titan”, we return to Northrend. At the beginning of next year, players will also be able to relive previous highlights in WoW.
Warcraft III Reforged
- Warcraft III Reforged unexpectedly gets a brand new campaign called “Forsaken Kingdom,” which is playable the same day.
Diablo
Diablo V
- Diablo 5 has been officially announced for Spring 2029. The world is burning, there are no protective cities left, and the titular Diablo returns.
Diablo IV
- For Diablo 4, the Amazon has been revealed as a new class. She fights with a bow and spear and will appear in the first half of 2027.
- Diablo 4 is set to launch on September 15, coinciding with Season 15 for the Nintendo Switch 2.
- For the 30th anniversary of the series, Deckard (Cain) returns from the dead to guide players through the story and highlights. New challenges are brought by the three main villains and a return of popular treasures.
Diablo Franchise
- There will be an animated Diablo series on Netflix. Series on Overwatch and Warcraft are also currently being discussed.
StarCraft
- A completely new StarCraft has been announced for 2030. The trailer confirmed that the Zerg will continue to pose a threat.
Overwatch
- A new support hero named Doctrine (a vampire with shadow abilities) will appear next month with the new season. A trial for him was playable right after the announcement.
- Furthermore, another mysterious hero has been teased for Season 6, who investigates things.
- A special Overwatch tabletop game was presented at BlizzCon, developed by scene expert Matthew Mercer. Whether it will ever be playable afterward is currently unclear.
Heroes of the Storm
- The MOBA will receive new updates: Xal’atath (from WoW) will come as a new heroine to the Nexus and will be playable on the test servers (PTR) from Monday.
- Further heroes have already been announced for the future of the game.
Hearthstone
- On October 20, the expansion “Reign of the Black Empire” will be released, which takes place thousands of years in the past of Azeroth.
- As a new feature, cards can be fused together. Additionally, a 2-vs.-2 game mode will be introduced.
These were all announcements from the Opening Ceremony of BlizzCon 2026. If you want to know exactly what was shown, when, and how the atmosphere was, check out our live ticker, which we are also keeping an eye on for the following panels: BlizzCon 2026 – All announcements, highlights, trailers, and more from the stream in the live ticker
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